Yes i pay for 70 meg at home and pull between 40-50 on a normal day if i use speedtest.net as soon as i open up overply and connect to egypt it drops to 1.3-1.8 meg thats shocking. But if i use the smart DNS service its ok and my megs stay at 40-50. This is what i have been doing recently and it has been fine a little pixelating for 1-2 mins then it settles and is ok.
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timetrex, so what are the official minimum system/network requirements for a 720p stream?Comment
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A 720p stream is going to require at most about 30MB per minute, which is 0.5MB a second, which equals a 4 megabit internet connection at full speed. So having 40-50 meg down speed means that there is no way your connection could be blamed for any pixelation, in my non-expert opinion.
Also, for anyone who was planning to upgrade their internet speed to use ADMC, as far as I can see, an 8 meg connection would be more than enough. It's pointless upgrading to, say, fibre @ 50+ meg if all you want is a 720p stream.
However, someone please correct me if my reasoning is wrong.Comment
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Just tried admc through xbox and Overplay , i can get on the site ok and sign into admc as normal but no picture is appearing on highlights or test page . Any idea's ?Comment
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Matches are encoded at different bit rates, 720p being one of them, I'm not sure if ADMC offer hd streaming since i personally have never used ADMC.
Like the previous poster has said in order to get bets possible straming quality, a dedi graphic card well help...
As I understand the way smart dns works is to give you your home pc speed while giving you access to those blocked sites. The only difference with this and the vpn is that it wont be encryptd and will work alot better.
Obviously if your using the VPN you wont be able to stream HD...My advise is to use smartdns or to rent a dedi server/vps and route your traffic through that...
Easy to setup, plus its secure and maintains your egyptian IP addy...Not sure if smartdns does this?
I think the point with having pixels is that if your using the VPN as well....Perhaps not as I haven't tested it but generally reading suggests use smartdns and your picture will improve. Not forgetting internet traffic/routing etc...Last edited by timetrex; 25 January, 2013, 16:37.Comment
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I think you talk sense mate, i think the pixelation at the start is buffering and then it seems fine, i would also like to add that at the end of the day ADMC has to come from the UK would i be correct in saying it then get fired across the the middle east and then back again or would it come straight from the UK.Comment
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Well it goes to a cdn and its published from that....but yeah the streams all come the UK.....Comment
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Ok Mate. I already view ADMC through my PC with no problems but have been looking for an Android tv addon which will also do it. I've just looked at the Gboxmidnight and I am impressed. So, in your experience - will this little box let me use a VPN and watch live ADMC??
I've gone from being suspicious to asking your advice. LOL
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[QUOTE=pee_bee;1849949]Ok Mate. I already view ADMC through my PC with no problems but have been looking for an Android tv addon which will also do it. I've just looked at the Gboxmidnight and I am impressed. So, in your experience - will this little box let me use a VPN and watch live ADMC??
I've gone from being suspicious to asking your advice. LOL
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Yes if you download Aptoide into your androide device open that up and then open it up, in aptoide search ADMC and download it. You do not need a vpn or anything it will let you login and search watch videos and play live matches.Comment
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This is not really a response to you, but whatever the full path from the playing field to the user's PC via ADMC, the only relevant hop is from the ADMC server to the user's PC. Even if the video feed has been around the world 17 times, it wouldn't affect the quality or speed of the stream as far as the end user was concerned, as long as the link between the ADMC server and user is solid. Again, I know you know this, I'm just telling anyone else who cares to know.
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Why is aptoide necessary? There is an Android ADMC app. on the normal Google Play store. If your Android device has access to this store why would you bother with aptoide (just for watching ADMC streams)? Presumably you're saying that your ?120 Android device can't actually access the proper Android store, which is a bit lame!
Also, reviews for the ADMC app. on the Google Play store are poor. Lots of users say that the live streams don't even start on their device and for some reason the quality is worse than the iPad app. The most annoying thing for me with this whole thing is that allegedly the best stream quality (and cheapest solution - no VPN/DNS trick needed) comes from an iPhone/iPad. That's great...IF you already happen to own a ?400 iPad/iPhone/Apple TV. People who don't like wasting money on CrApple products are left with substandard PC or Android streams.
It doesn't make sense that a PC requires a beefy GFX card, as the GFX capabilities of the iPhone are far from super-computer grade! I heard someone say that this is because the PC site uses Flash and the Apple app. uses HTML5. If this is the reason that's poor on behalf of ADMC. It wouldn't break the bank for them to provide an HTML5 site for PC users. In theory I'd think they could use most of the iPhone system already in place and just smack a small website front-end on. Who knows, though?
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Just to clarify, is it the case that an Apple device DOES NOT require SmartDNS whereas an Android device does? I don't understand why that would be the case.Comment
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As i understand with the Apple device you need to change your region then you can download the APP. Once installed the app doesnt check for ip/dns..The apple stream is just a http stream... where as on the pc iits flash, but I can understand why the apple one is working better since there is no vpn/smartdns in play at all. The website is hosted in the uk and the stream is published from cdn.Comment
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